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Nathan Coutinho: career and conversation guide
Companion reading for the conversation with Simon Dudley.
Download this document (.md)About the guest
Nathan Coutinho is a technology and marketing leader whose career spans consulting, corporate strategy, collaboration and channel development. In this conversation, he describes 17 years at CDW before joining Logitech, where his responsibilities at the time of recording included analyst relations, global channel marketing and alliance marketing. His interests include public speaking, filmmaking and learning unfamiliar disciplines.
The conversation
An accounting student discovers the web, changes direction and builds a career across technology, strategy and collaboration. Nathan discusses the assignments he did not ask for, the presentation that opened doors and learning how to make autonomy useful.
Ideas to take away
An unwanted assignment can become useful experience.
Nathan describes learning how a business works by solving unfamiliar problems.
Autonomy needs the right support.
Freedom helped Nathan, but Simon also reflects on the people who needed clearer direction from him.
The slides come after the story.
Knowing what the audience needs to understand matters more than how much material a presenter can deliver.
Edited companion notes based on the interview. Roles reflect the recording, rather than a current employment claim.